Battle of Punta Guarico

The Battle of Punta Guarico (January 1717) occurred when Edward Kenway and the crew of the Jackdaw assaulted the Spanish Navy fort of Punta Guarico in eastern Cuba with the goal of stealing Laureano Torres y Ayala's large sum of gold there. The pirates of the Jackdaw bombarded the fort and destroyed its walls and mortar towers, at the same time evading combat with a Spanish brig anchored at the fort's docks. The pirates from the Jackdaw stormed the fort and overpowered the Spanish defenders and the officer commanding them, and Kenway entered the war room and confronted Torres there. Kenway forced Torres to reveal that the gold was supposed to go to a ransom payment for Bartholomew Roberts, a pirate who had been captured by the slaver Laurens Prins; Kenway spared Torres, as he was motivated to rescue Roberts by coin, and he told Torres that he would use his gold to set a trap for Prins. Punta Guarico would become a pirate stronghold after its destruction, giving the pirates a base in eastern Cuba.